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rhamphorhynchoid, a. and n. Palæont.|ræmfəʊˈrɪŋkɔɪd|
[ad. mod.L. Rhamphorhynchoidea, f. Rhamphorhynchus (the type genus), f. Gr. ῥάµϕος beak + ῥύγχος snout: see -oid.]
A. adj. Belonging to the extinct suborder Rhamphorhynchoidea of pterosaurs of the late Triassic and early Jurassic, characterized by a short neck and a long bony tail.
B. n. A rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur.
1895Funk's Stand. Dict. s.v., Rhamphorhynchoid, a. 1945A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleont. (ed. 2) xxviii. 543 Pterosaur remains are rare except in the Niobrara Chalk of the Upper Cretaceous. The rhamphorhynchoid type is extinct, and by the Upper Cretaceous we find surviving only short-tailed pterodactyloids. 1981Sci. Amer. Feb. 100/1 In 1956 Erich von Holst..constructed a model of a rhamphorhynchoid from rice paper, balsa wood and aluminum. 1987Nature 6 Aug. 481/2 The rhamphorhynchoid's long, rudder-tipped tail acted as an auxiliary control surface. |